The Mayor of Clare, Cllr Mary Howard, has welcomed the recent announcement by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, of the third round of funding under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme Accelerated Measure for 2020.

The Grey Area Within Greywater from Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Lisdoonvarna have won the Junior Water Category at the national Young Environmentalist Awards.

Ireland’s 3rd Old Time Appalachian Music Gathering to be held in County Clare Ireland’s third ‘Old Time Appalachian Musicians Gathering’ is to take place in County Clare beginning tonight.

‘The Only Punk Rocker in the Village’ is a new play by Dermott Petty The play is set in North Clare in the late 1970’s where a teenagers discovery of Punk Rock turns his life upside down causing shock and misunderstanding with his parents, friends and community.

Ulster Bank has rolled out an enhanced Bank on Wheels for customers in Co Clare, with the state-of-the-art mobile branch bringing a wider range of banking services to communities in Ailwee, Lisdoonvarna, Miltown Malbay, Ennistymon and Killaloe.

The tourism industry in North Clare had a much needed boost for its first weekend, with record numbers of people attending the annual matchmaking festival in Lisdoonvarna.

One of the country’s busiest tourist routes has been closed as a result of flooding after a night of heavy rain.

Korean designer, Kim Bernardin, inspired by the Lisdoonvarna dances, and in particular the magic of the ‘Spa Wells ballroom’, has created her own ‘Lisdoonvarna dress’. By Patricia Killeen - Paris

The Outing Festival, 'Love for Music, Arts & Matchmaking' – now in our seventh year, moves to the Inn at Dromoland in Co Clare this year.